These days so much architecture is about appearance, making a big statement and attracting the eye (and the Instagram account). […]
Archive for ‘Travel’
Bowing beautifully in Japan
It fascinates me how one can immediately like a place, whether it’s a city or a whole country. I suppose […]
Learning from La Tourette
The sign at the entrance warns me that this is an espace de silence, a place of silence. I’m thinking […]
The Fussy Librarian: an interview
I was delighted to be invited to speak to The Fussy Librarian this week about writing (and my messy desk). […]
What a circus, what a show!
Spectacular is the mot du jour. I write this as the annual Vivid festival kicks off in Sydney. Buildings in […]
Prepare for take-off
A consequence of moving to Australia from Britain over twenty years ago has been that I’ve passed through a lot […]
Coming home
The house next door has been demolished, leaving a rectangle of bare earth. In feng shui, that side of my […]
A proper hello
I’m a fool for a doorway. Thankfully, there are several Instagram sites that feed my addiction so I can peruse […]
Café culture
I don’t always ‘get’ cafés. They used to say in London that you were never more than six feet away […]
Give us this day
I have just finished reading David Sedaris’s book ‘Theft by finding’, which is a collection of edited highlights from his […]
